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- 6d ago
Joe Lycett banished from Celebrity Traitors as Traitors attempt murder in plain sight
Joe Lycett was voted out of BBC One's Celebrity Traitors on Friday, 16 October, after a roundtable remark made the faithful suspect him. The episode closed with the Traitors' plain-sight murder attempt unresolved until the broadcast on Thursday, 22 October.
- Oct 15
Neanderthal shoulder blade pierced by wooden spear 75,000 years ago, researchers say
Cambridge archaeologists say a 15 mm hole in a Neanderthal's shoulder blade from Iraqi Kurdistan may be the earliest evidence of lethal violence involving a wooden spear. Who threw the weapon, and why, is still unknown.
- Oct 13
Women with autoimmune diseases more often get psychological misdiagnoses, study finds
A study led by researchers at Cambridge and the University of East Anglia found that 43% of women with autoimmune conditions were told their illness had a psychiatric cause, against 33% of men. Women also reported waiting one to two years for a diagnosis, while most men said it took under three months.
- Oct 8
Margaret Hamilton, whose Apollo 11 software helped land the first crew on the Moon, dies at 90
Hamilton led the team that wrote the onboard software for NASA's Apollo missions, including Apollo 11's 1969 Moon landing. She died on 30 September in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the age of 90.
- Oct 7
Genomic study of 194-year-old tortoise Jonathan identifies 287 anti-aging gene variants
Researchers have sequenced the genome and epigenome of Jonathan, a 194-year-old Aldabra giant tortoise living on Saint Helena, identifying 287 unique genetic variants that protect against cellular aging.
- Oct 5
Forensic study of First Dynasty skulls in Abydos confirms human sacrifice in early Egypt
A bioarchaeological examination of 46 skulls from royal tombs at Abydos found that 39% suffered fatal head trauma, providing physical evidence of retainer sacrifice during Egypt's First Dynasty.
- Oct 3
Poland retains European volleyball title against France as coach Nikola Grbić heads to Harvard
Poland's men's volleyball team defended their European Championship crown with a 3:1 victory over France, after which head coach Nikola Grbić announced his enrollment in an executive leadership program at Harvard University.
- Oct 1
US employment agency sues Harvard to compel release of faculty hiring records
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a federal lawsuit in Boston to force Harvard University to turn over applicant data from 2018 onward, following an investigation into alleged hiring discrimination against white men.
- Oct 1
Oxford tops Times Higher Education rankings for eleventh year as US and China gain
The University of Oxford held the number one spot in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027, leading a top ten shared exclusively by US and UK institutions as Chinese universities advanced.
- Sep 25
Pedro Sánchez faces questions on corruption during Harvard lecture on artificial intelligence
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez addressed students at Harvard University on the risks of tech oligarchs, but the session shifted to questions about domestic corruption cases and the Pegasus phone hack.
- Sep 25
Netflix releases Unabomber biopic starring Jacob Tremblay and Russell Crowe
The film from director Janus Metz splits its narrative between Ted Kaczynski's undergraduate years at Harvard in 1958 and the 1990s FBI manhunt that led to his capture.
- Sep 22
Xbox cuts 268 jobs and shifts Halo franchise development to Activision
Microsoft eliminated 268 roles across Xbox, transferred the Halo series to Activision, and consolidated multiple internal game studios as part of an ongoing restructuring.
- Sep 9
Suno releases v6 AI music models trained on licensed tracks from Warner and BMG
AI music generator Suno rolled out its v6 family of models built with licensed data from Warner Music Group, BMG, and Believe, retiring older versions while introducing revenue sharing.
- Aug 23
CrossCountry cancels almost all British train services after Birmingham power cut
CrossCountry cancelled nearly all passenger trains across Great Britain on Sunday after an electrical failure in Birmingham knocked out control centre systems.
- Aug 23
US ambassador threatens Ghent University ties over suspension of researcher Nathan Cofnas
US Ambassador Bill White announced a review of all ties with Ghent University after the Belgian school suspended researcher Nathan Cofnas, who accused late Cambridge professor Jason Arday of plagiarism.
- Aug 20
Ghent University suspends Nathan Cofnas after plagiarism claims against late Cambridge professor
Belgium's Ghent University has suspended postdoctoral researcher Nathan Cofnas after his plagiarism allegations against Jason Arday preceded the former Cambridge professor's death.
- Aug 19
Moderna and Merck report positive Phase 3 trial results for personalized mRNA melanoma vaccine
Moderna and Merck announced that their individualized mRNA vaccine intismeran autogene significantly reduced recurrence and metastasis in 1,137 high-risk melanoma patients when combined with Keytruda.
- Aug 15
Shanghai ranking 2026: France holds four universities in top 100 as Paris-Saclay stays 13th
The 24th Shanghai ranking, published 15 August 2026, places Paris-Saclay 13th and keeps four French universities in the global top 100, while Harvard, Stanford and MIT retain the podium.
- Aug 15
Cambridge professor Jason Arday found dead days after resigning amid plagiarism allegations
Jason Arday, the 41-year-old former Cambridge professor who resigned last week amid plagiarism allegations, was found dead at a property in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon. Police say the death is unexpected but not suspicious.
- Aug 13
Federal judge dismisses Trump administration's antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard University
US District Judge Richard Stearns in Boston dismissed the Trump administration's March lawsuit alleging Harvard failed to protect Jewish students, ruling the cited incidents were too isolated to prove ongoing civil rights violations under Title VI.
